PSD10: 10th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors

Session

Session 14: Applications in Life Sciences, Medicine and Biology

S14

11 Sept 2014, 16:10

University of Surrey

136. (Invited) Energy dependence of detectors for 3D dosimetry of light ion beams

Hugo Palmans (National Physical Laboratory UK, and EBG MedAustron GmbH Austria)

11/09/2014, 16:10

Applications in Life Sciences, Biology and Medicine

Invited Paper

Mapping and verifying 3D dose distributions form an essential procedure in the adequate treatment process of cancers with radiotherapy. The main requirements for 3D dosimeters are a spatial resolution sufficient for resolving the dose variations of interest, efficient readout and a response proportional to dose. Common methods to obtain 3D dose distributions include, scanning systems with...

88. PGRIS: Towards portable Compton camera imaging

Dr Samantha Colosimo (University of Liverpool)

11/09/2014, 16:50

Applications in Security and Environmental Imaging

Oral Paper

The PorGamRays project has developed a portable gamma-ray spectrometer with imaging capabilities. This detector has applications within the medical, security and nuclear decommissioning fields. The current PorGamRays detector utilises the Compton camera principle with two CZT crystals and adapted ASIC readouts. The next phase of the project, PGRIS, will utilise newly developed ASICS that will...

98. Dual-energy mammography with a pixellated spectroscopic detector

Silvia Pani (U)

11/09/2014, 17:10

Applications in Life Sciences, Biology and Medicine

Oral Paper

Dual energy X-ray techniques allow an object to be decoupled into two components – typically, soft tissue and bone, or soft tissue and a contrast agent [1]. Such techniques normally rely on the acquisition of two images, requiring increased dose to the patient, and potentially carrying the risk of incorrect image registration due to patient motion. This limitation is removed by using a...

84. ProSPECTus: A Compton Camera For Medical Imaging

Amina Patel (U)

11/09/2014, 17:30

Applications in Life Sciences, Biology and Medicine

Oral Paper

Medical imaging is an expanding field tasked with improving diagnostic capabilities. The ProSPECTus project is a Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) system that employs highly segmented semiconductor detectors in Compton camera mode. The ProSPECTus system has been designed to alleviate the limitations present in current SPECT systems. The basic principle of Compton imaging...